Programs for comparing and analyzing competitors' prices are necessary for business owners, category managers, manufacturers, marketers and everyone involved in the sale of goods and their purchases. After all, if you are not an exclusive seller, and the same products are sold in dozens of other stores, you simply have to track their prices so as not to lose your sales. And 98% of all market participants are in the same situation.
When there are up to 500 items in the store, revaluation can be done manually and, most likely, it is within the power of one person (provided that he has no other responsibilities). Is it profitable? Not. The program for comparing the prices of competitors will be cheaper and more efficient even in this case. But if there are more than half a thousand products, there are no options at all - the analysis of competitors' prices must be performed by the program .
Some of the 15 programs presented below for monitoring the prices of competitors on the Internet I used only in the test period (where there was such an opportunity), I immediately discarded some at the selection stage (but perhaps you have other requirements, so I also include them in the list) , and some actively used it for a long period (from 1 month to 1 year) and I know the strengths and weaknesses well.
I believe that my experience is invaluable for everyone who chooses a program to monitor the prices of competitors now or plans to do so in the future. Read to the end and be sure to save so as not to lose for sure.
1. uXprice
This is a specialized software (SaaS) for monitoring competitors' prices with a personal account, flexible parsing settings and affordable tariffs. Using the platform saves the company's resources and provides analytics to determine both the general vector of sales development and specific actions for the revaluation of goods in the short term.
One of the features of the service is the division of monitoring methods into automatic search for competitors in the market (up to 100 competitors for each product) and tracking competitors by links. You can use both methods together to get the maximum amount of data. To structure the latter, there are several different types of reports, graphics and dashboards.
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